Red Wings prospect Lane Zablocki lived something of a nomad’s life during the 2017-18 season, being traded from the WHL’s Red Deer Rebels to the Lethbridge Hurricanes, where he was then traded to the Victoria Royals. As a result, Zablocki had an up-and-down campaign, and he discussed his season with Hockeybuzz’s Bob Duff:
“It was an interesting season,” Zablocki said. “Bounced around a little bit, but I feel like at the end I kind of got back to myself and more the way I could play.”
All that moving took a toll on his totals. Zablocki, 19, selected 79th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2017 NHL entry draft, finished with 12 goals and 31 points in 65 games.
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“Throughout the year it wasn’t the best year I’ve had,” Zablocki said. “Obviously you could see that.”
He tried to take the approach that the constant change of address can be a learning experience.
“Every time it’s a new place, new rink, new coaches,” Zablocki said. “You’ve got to take it in as much as you can. Each team, each coach has a lot that you can learn from. I think maybe that’s a good thing about it. Maybe the only good thing, but it was good. I learned a lot from all the different coaches I had.”
